性別

Male

生年月日

1918-5-31

出生地

Redlands CA, U.S.A.

入隊した年

1942-2-4, Ft. MacArthur CA

入隊のタイプ

Draftee

所属・部署

Army

兵役のタイプ

War

所属部隊のタイプ

Combat,sup

所属部隊

Company E, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team

特殊技能

Personnel Clerk

Combat Infantryman

最終目標

USA: Camp Robinson, AR; Ft. Riley, KS; Ft. McClellan, AL.

Other Countries: Italy; France.

除隊した年

Ft. MacArthur CA

所属部隊の役割

To fight for the freedom of our European allies.

所属部隊での個人的役割

As a Combat Infantryman, to engage the enemy and support my unit.

主な戦闘（交戦地帯へ従軍した場合）

Battle of Bruyeres, France; Rescue of the Lost Battalion of the 36th Division (1st Battalion, 141st Regiment, 36th Division)

Southern France ''Champagne Campaign''

The break-thru and breaching of the Gothic Line in Nortern Italy.

勲章・褒章（個人又は所属部隊）

Purple Heart
Good Conduct Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Distinguished Unit Badge (for the rescue of the Lost Battalion in the Vosges Mountains in France)
7 Distinguished Unit Citations

生活状況

Under combat conditions, especially in France's Vosges Mountains, sleeping in a fox hole, half filled with rain water, was without question, very miserable. Whatever rest we were able to have, occurred when we were placed in reserve and then it was in a stable, cave, or any kind of shelter.

Meals consisted of ''C'' rations (canned food).

Bathing was non-existent.

Entertainment was also nil. You lived from day to day, hour by hour under an infantryman's combat condition.

軍隊生活で最も記憶に残っている出来事

The most vivid memory I recall occurred during my initial battlefield encounter with the enemy during the rescue of the Lost Battalion. Our 3rd platoon of ''E'' Company was committed to surround and capture a group of Germans in the French Vosges Mountains. As we descended the mountain slope from atop (surprising the enemy), we were counter-attacked and pinned down. As I sought cover behind a tree, an enemy sniper had me zeroed in just as a bullet zipped inches above my head thru the tree trunk I was hiding behind. Realizing how close to ''make'' I was, I quickly scampered to another position. That minor incident, as my first initiation into combat, is one that I'll never forget.

軍隊にいる間、最も懐かしかったもの

Food and family - As I love noodles, I really missed my mom's Japanese udon!

個人的に軍隊経験から学んだ最も重要なこと

Personally, my military service helped me to grow into adulthood spiritually and physically, even though we had the face and features of the enemy. We had to prove, as American citizens, to the American public that we were true and loyal American citizens by fighting three battle during our military service; namely, (1) fight against prejudice and discrimination; (2) fight to prove our loyalty as true American citizens; and (3) fight for America's freedom against the enemies.

その他の情報

I feel it was my duty as an American citizen to serve in military service, despite the fact that my family was unjustly incarcerated in America's concentration camp.

As a result of the valiant records of our 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service, we Japanese American, can now hold our heads high and be proud to be true and loyal American citizens!!